The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
EYES ANALYzED.
What Qualities ofTemperaments should
Go With the Black, Brown, and Blue.

From the ST. James Gazette.
Speaking popularity, we may say that eyes
| are brown, blue, gray, hazel, black, green or
however, are based on misnomer. Speaking
| generally again, we may say that blue eyes
take care of their friends brown of their
enemies, gray of their countries, black of
their pleasures, and green of themselves.
The blue is certainly the type with the great
est number Of varieties 1t is a color that
illustrates prominently the feminine quail
ities-tenderness, affection, yielding to the
wishes of Others a sympathy with small
sufferings, that measure of vanity without
which no woman can be entirely attractive,
and that self-suTender which goes far to
persuade a man that he is demlgod because
his wife believes it and tells him SO. The
color seems to be getting more rare in these
days. This is the blue that goes with golden
hair y Blue eyes must be mated with their
appropriate complexion. That color, so
fascinating in a blonde, is no less delightful
in u brunette; but-Say the sclentlSts--ltS
meaning is now alteredr. There comes in
now, coupled with the affcctiOnate qualities,
a certain tendency to deceive, stimulated by
an ambition for conquest and leading TO the
qualification of admiration. There remain
the eve of the Northern races--of the Swedes
and the Danes, of the Scotch sometimes also.
1t suggests constancy and truth, ste3dtast-
ness, simplicity, courage, purpose. 1t is a
mans eve, with its moderation and self-re
spect-honest in the glance it gives you, if
at the same time rather cold and phlegfnatic.
And then there is the violet eye, which is a
woman's eye, and of which the main char
acteristics are affection and purity, chlvalric
belief and limited or deficient intellectual
ity.
And now come the brown eyes. They are
the eyes OF the south and Of the east--of the
sunny races: The most passionate and the
least original, and to them belong the lus-
trous black hair and the olive complexion of
skin. With them we get jealousy and cruelty,
somewhat Of the feline nature IN women; and
in men, courage coupled with superstition,
a wild reclaessness Of life and a disregard
for the sufferings Of others. But tho type
has altered through infinite notifications;
and there are brown eyes in plenty that
have nothing in common with the passionate
qualities OF the south. THIS may be gener-
ally predicted that When the brown u hight
the disposition is aifcctiouato but hayward,
and as that brown darkells you pass from
affection topassi0n.
Last comes the hazel eyes, which are more
frequent in novels tnan IN life. No two
people seem quite agreed rs TO the definition
OF the color. aud the reference 20 a hazel nut,
which starts Ivy being green, and passes
through yellow 30 brown, confusingly llu.
strates every theory. a hlue-gray rediatcd
from within with brown and bronze streats
seems 10 come nearest the general view
Adopting this as the color, It will he seen
that they are chiefly found among the mix
cd races, and especially the English and the
Americans They always suggest good
deal OF strength OF character, generally
sense of mischief and trckineH--puck prob
ably had hazel eye4-and sometimes that
humorous cruelty which belongs ~ the
Angl0-Saxon race Hazel-eyel people are
rarely shallow, and you must De prepared
for surprises when you have 20 deal with
them.